[Tex/LaTex] Custom calendar using TikZ

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I am trying to build a custom calendar using some features of TikZ. My starting point was a piece of code available in a comment of texample.net.

I would like to know if it is possible to mark some days with symbols different than circles. If you compile the code below, you will see that circles can be easily inserted in the calendar. Now I would like to know if someone could show me how to insert diamonds or triangles or squares and if possible filled with some color.

Thank you in advance for your help.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{lscape,tikz}
\usepackage[brazil]{babel}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[margin=1in, paperwidth=15.8in, paperheight=8.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath,color,graphicx}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\definecolor{Red}{cmyk}{0,1,1,0}
\def\red{\color{Red}}
\definecolor{Blue}{cmyk}{1,1,0,0}
\def\blue{\color{Blue}}

%%in preamble:
%
\Huge
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,shapes}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,calendar,er}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}

\newcommand{\calrow}[1]{\node[anchor=base east](seg){S};
\node[base right=of seg](ter){T}; \node[base right=of ter](qua){Q};
\node[base right=of qua](qui){Q}; \node[base right=of qui](sex){\ \!S};
\node[base right=of sex](sab){\ \!S}; \node[base right=of sab](dom){D};
\node[black,above=of qui]{\textbf{#1}};}
\newcommand{\calperiod}[1]{\calendar[dates=\the\year-#1-01 to \the\year-#1-last]
if(Sunday) [red] \holidays;}
\newcommand{\holidays}{% holidays in Italy
if (equals=01-15) {\draw (-0.348,0.135) circle (9.0pt);}%
if (equals=01-06) [black!50]%
if (equals=04-04) [black!50]%
if (equals=04-05) [black!50]%
if (equals=04-25) [black!50]%
if (equals=05-01) [black!50]%
if (equals=05-01) [black!50]%
if (equals=06-02) {\draw (-0.25,0.135) circle (9.0pt);}%
if (equals=08-15) [black!50]%
if (equals=11-01) [black!50]%
if (equals=12-08) [black!50]%
if (equals=12-25) [black!50]%
if (equals=12-26) [black!50]%
}
\colorlet{darkgreen}{green!50!black}


\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
[every calendar/.style={week list}]
%\node[star,draw,minimum size=.4cm,star point ratio=1.0,thick] at (calendar-\the\year-08-29){};
\sffamily
\matrix[%
row 1/.style={black,node distance=.3ex},%
row 3/.style={black,node distance=.3ex},
column sep=1ex,%
draw=black,thick,rounded corners=30pt,%
postaction={decorate,decoration={markings,mark=at position 0.51 with
{\node[fill=white,text=black,font={\bfseries\Large}] (year) {\the\year};}}}
% year on frame: decorations.markings library
]{%
% first row: week day and month
\calrow{Janeiro} & \calrow{Fevereiro} & \calrow{Março} &
\calrow{Abril} & \calrow{Maio} & \calrow{Junho} \\
% second row: calendar
\calperiod{01} & \calperiod{02} & \calperiod{03} &
\calperiod{04} & \calperiod{05} & \calperiod{06} \\[0.4cm]
% third row: week day and month
\calrow{Julho} & \calrow{Agosto} & \calrow{Setembro} &
\calrow{Outubro} & \calrow{Novembro} & \calrow{Dezembro} \\
% forth row: calendar
\calperiod{07} & \calperiod{08} & \calperiod{09} &
\calperiod{10} & \calperiod{11} & \calperiod{12} \\
};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Edition. To clean up the code, I remove the repetitions pointed out by Ulrike Fischer as well some useless comments.

Best Answer

If you modify the placement of the days slightly, you can easily add shapes without having to place the shapes using trial and error to find the right coordinates.

By adding

 every day/.style={anchor=base},
  day text={\%d=},rounded corners=0,anchor=base,text height=1ex,text depth=-0.5ex

to the calendar options you align the days in such a way that you can then just add \nodes to the days you want to highlight, without any fiddling around. day text={\%d=} takes care of making single digit days as wide as two digit ones.

By using \node[anchor=base,xshift=0.5ex](seg){S}; to print the first weekday letter, all the weekdays will align nicely with the days.

After these adjustments, you can highlight individual days using things like

if (equals=01-10) {\node [fill=yellow,draw,star] {};}

in the \holidays macro.

Here's the full adjusted code:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{lscape,tikz}
\usepackage[brazil]{babel}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[margin=1in, paperwidth=15.8in, paperheight=8.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath,color,graphicx}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\definecolor{Red}{cmyk}{0,1,1,0}
\def\red{\color{Red}}
\definecolor{Blue}{cmyk}{1,1,0,0}
\def\blue{\color{Blue}}

%%in preamble:
%
\Huge
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,shapes}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,calendar,er}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}

\newcommand{\calrow}[1]{\node[anchor=base,xshift=0.5ex](seg){S}; % Shift first weekday
\node[base right=of seg](ter){T}; \node[base right=of ter](qua){Q};
\node[base right=of qua](qui){Q}; \node[base right=of qui](sex){\ \!S};
\node[base right=of sex](sab){\ \!S}; \node[base right=of sab](dom){D};
\node[black,above=of qui]{\textbf{#1}};}
\newcommand{\calperiod}[1]{\calendar[dates=\the\year-#1-01 to \the\year-#1-last,
  every day/.style={anchor=base}, % Center days
  day text={\%d=},rounded corners=0,anchor=base,text height=1ex,text depth=-0.5ex] % Make node placement easier
if(Sunday) [red] \holidays;}
\newcommand{\holidays}{
if (equals=01-15) {\node [draw,regular polygon,regular polygon sides=3] {};}
if (equals=01-20) {\node [draw,cloud] {};}
if (equals=01-10) {\node [fill=yellow,draw,star] {};}
if (equals=01-06) [black!50]%
if (equals=04-04) [black!50]%
if (equals=04-05) [black!50]%
if (equals=04-25) [black!50]%
if (equals=05-01) [black!50]%
if (equals=05-01) [black!50]%
if (equals=06-02) {\draw (-0.25,0.135) circle (9.0pt);}%
if (equals=08-15) [black!50]%
if (equals=11-01) [black!50]%
if (equals=12-08) [black!50]%
if (equals=12-25) [black!50]%
if (equals=12-26) [black!50]%
}
\colorlet{darkgreen}{green!50!black}


\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
[every calendar/.style={week list}]
%\node[star,draw,minimum size=.4cm,star point ratio=1.0,thick] at (calendar-\the\year-08-29){};
\sffamily
\matrix[%
row 1/.style={black,node distance=.3ex},%
row 3/.style={black,node distance=.3ex},
column sep=1ex,%
draw=black,thick,rounded corners=30pt,%
postaction={decorate,decoration={markings,mark=at position 0.51 with
{\node[fill=white,text=black,font={\bfseries\Large}] (year) {\the\year};}}}
% year on frame: decorations.markings library
]{%
% first row: week day and month
\calrow{Janeiro} & \calrow{Fevereiro} & \calrow{Março} &
\calrow{Abril} & \calrow{Maio} & \calrow{Junho} \\
% second row: calendar
\calperiod{01} & \calperiod{02} & \calperiod{03} &
\calperiod{04} & \calperiod{05} & \calperiod{06} \\[0.4cm]
% third row: week day and month
\calrow{Julho} & \calrow{Agosto} & \calrow{Setembro} &
\calrow{Outubro} & \calrow{Novembro} & \calrow{Dezembro} \\
% forth row: calendar
\calperiod{07} & \calperiod{08} & \calperiod{09} &
\calperiod{10} & \calperiod{11} & \calperiod{12} \\
};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

calendar with shapes

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In the actual question, you only want to be able to mirror the ellipse, and so draw it starting from the negative x-axis (the title of the question suggests a more flexible approach). That's actually not too hard since we can exploit the symmetry of the ellipse. The key is to provide it with a negative x-radius, since then it will start from the negative x-axis (and proceed clockwise, but we could correct for that by negating the y-radius as well). To do this, we interrupt the call from the node shape to the drawing command and flip the sign of the x-radius. The simplest way to do this is to redefine the \pgfpathellipse macro to do the negation and then call the original macro. The following code does this.

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\usepackage{tikz}
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    \let\pgfpathellipse=\revpgfpathellipse
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  postaction={
    decorate,
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      mark=at position 1 with {
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      }
    }
  }
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\node[reversed ellipse,
  draw,
  postaction={
    decorate,
    decoration={
      markings,
      mark=at position 1 with {
        \arrow[line width=5pt,blue]{>}
      }
    }
  }
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\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Here's the result:

rotated ellipse

(the arrow got clipped, but you can see where it lies)

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You could specify an if condition, such as

\calendar[dates=2012-01-01 to 2012-01-last] if (Monday,Wednesday,Friday,Sunday) [red];

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Your calendar is appearing on page 2 because it's too high for the text area. You will get an Overfull \vbox warning and the tikzpicture is moved to the next page. Make it a bit smaller or adjust the text area.

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